The lobby group argues that tariffs on imports are akin to a tax on exports because they raise the cost of imported inputs. Eliminating them will make exports cheaper to produce and therefore more competitive. Read More »

But buried in the budget elsewhere: the C$1.1 billion Ottawa estimates it will reap over five years when it ends preferential treatment on imports from China and 71 other countries in 2015. Read More »

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